Madam Butterfly framed

Sorry, it is a gray and crappy day but I wanted to post the framing for Madam Butterfly.  

Another finish!

Madam Butterfly is finished!  Ready for the framer!

Filling in the spaces

I am filling in the open spaces on the wings and am almost done!

And moving right along!

All of the ribbon is in place!  I am now filling in the rest of the open areas with 4 way Continental.

Filling in scallops

I added more Jessicas and think they are all in now.  Moving on, I am adding Kreinik ribbon in two different colors in the scalloped areas.

More Jessicas

I thought I had finished all of the Jessicas!  I found two more that will get filled in next time.  I also started filling in some of the other shapes.

Just more Jessicas

I am filling in some of the open spaces with more Jessicas.  The tear drop shapes are a variation of the same stitch diagrammed in the chart.  Lots more to go!

More Jessicas

I am filling in the open areas with Jessicas and different colors of Kreinik!

On to the fun stuff!

I finished all of the rest of the Smrynas!  I am now starting to fill in the wings.  I have done Jessicas in three different colors of Kreinik #8 with a few more of those to do on each wing.

Almost there!

I am still busy doing the + sign on the Smyrna's but am almost done with them!

Meandering

I am working the top cross by following the paths of the previous cross stitches.  Just meandering back and forth to cover all the white.

Starting the crosses

All of the cross stitches are in place and I am now going over the Smynras with the + portion in Kreinik #8 093.  The pattern says to use the thread of your choice.  This one will complement the rest of the colors I have chosen.

Wings

I am adding the inside cross stitches that create the designs in the wings.

Filling in

I am adding the cross stitches in the wings.  Remember when all the cross stitches are in place, I will be going over the top of them to change them to Smyrna crosses.

Around the outside

I had started to fill in the right wing and decided it might be a good idea to go all the way around the left side first.  If the wings did not meet, I wanted to be able to find any mistakes before I was too far along!  I did find one mistake and had to redo a couple of stitches, but now I can fill it in!   Note to self:  count and double count!

Part of the wing.

I have started on Madam Butterfly.  The chart on the right shows I have worked around the outside outline, marking off each set of stitches as I go.  She recommends doing the cross stitch portion of the Smyrna cross stitch all the way around the entire chart and then coming back and doing the + over the top of the base stitches after they are all in place.  I am doing the cross stitch portion with the recommended #5 Perle Cotton.  This is some serious counting!

The chart called for black canvas but as you can see I chose to use gray instead.

Madam Butterfly

I have also put this piece on stretcher bars.  Madam Butterfly is a counted design by Jean Hilton.  I am going to work the design on a light blue canvas but keep the colors the same, at least that is the plan for now.